Wednesday, 11 March 2015

£80million Order for New Stagecoach Vehicles

Stagecoach Group has announced passengers are to
benefit from an investment of more than £80million in new buses and
coaches for services in the UK and mainland Europe.

A new fleet of nearly 470 vehicles, many equipped with free wifi,
will be introduced in the coming 2015-16 financial year as the company
continues its policy of reinvesting profits in improving services for
local communities.The orders by Britain's biggest bus and coach operator are a further
boost for the country's manufacturing sector, with most vehicles set to
be built in the UK. It will support hundreds of British manufacturing
jobs and smaller businesses in the supply chain who produce key
components from drivers' seats and toilets to wheelchair lifts and
destination displays*.More than £75million of new buses and coaches will be introduced in
Stagecoach's regional networks in England, Scotland and Wales. There is
also a £2.7million order for new buses for London, as well as
£6.9million of new coaches for the company's expanding megabus.com
low-cost service in the UK and mainland Europe.

The latest announcement takes Stagecoach Group's total orders of new
buses and coaches for its regional bus operations in the UK to around
£630million in the last eight years. The Group has also ordered more
than £20million of new coaches for megabus.com services in mainland
Europe as well as £105million of new vehicles for its London bus
operations since buying the business in 2010.All of the new vehicles will be fitted with CCTV while many will also
have wi-fi installed, giving customers free internet access during
their journeys.The latest orders follow an annual competitive tendering process and
the first of the new vehicles will be delivered from Spring 2015.

Highlights of the latest investment are 412 low-floor double-decker,
single-decker, midi and mini buses for Stagecoach regional bus networks
in the UK as well as a total of 22 new coaches for megabus.com in the UK
and Europe, and a further 34 coaches for Stagecoach Express operations
in the UK. Of the local bus order, 93 will be manufactured to the
company’s Gold specification to operate on Stagecoach’s luxury Gold
services.All of the new vehicles meet Euro 5 or Euro 6 emissions standards.These orders will ensure Stagecoach’s entire single deck fleet meets
the UK Disability Discrimination Act deadline later this calendar year,
and the Group remains on track to meet the deadlines for other vehicle
types over coming years.Along with the country's other major bus operators, Stagecoach is
also making a multi-million pound investment in smart multi-operator
ticketing across all of the main city regions in the UK. Work on the
ground-breaking project is underway and is due to be completed during
2015.Stagecoach Group Chief Executive Martin Griffiths said: “This new
investment is all about delivering better bus and coach journeys for our
passengers. We have the lowest bus fares in Britain and a strong
track-record of investment over many years that has attracted growing
numbers of people back on board the bus. We believe strongly in
reinvesting our profits to continue that growth and our sector-leading
levels of customer satisfaction."Buses are central to our communities, giving people a greener way to
access work, health, education and leisure. They are also critical to
our economy. I'm delighted that most of our new buses will be built
right here in the UK, helping support British manufacturing and hundreds
of jobs in the supply chain."Details of the new orders are as follows:UK REGIONAL OPERATIONS

50 ADL Enviro 400 Scania double-deckers

30 ADL MMC E400 Scania double-deckers

57 ADL MMC E400 double-deckers

10 Wrightbus Eclipse Volvo single-deckers

28 ADL Enviro 300 Scania single-deckers

89 ADL Enviro 300 single-deckers

33 ADL MMC E200 11.9metre midibuses

27 ADL Enviro 200 midibuses

23 ADL MMC E200 10.8metre midibuses

42 Optare Solo minibuses

23 Optare Solo Slimline minibuses

12 Volvo Plaxton Elite 12.5metre coaches

44 Volvo Plaxton Ellite i 15metre coaches (8 left-hand-drive)

LONDON

7 ADL MMC E400 double-deckers

8 ADL MMC E200 10.8metre midibuses

Below are some examples of the suppliers who will benefit from these vehicle orders:Suppliers:

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